Are patients with POEMS syndrome at increased risk of Salmonella aortitis?
We report a case of Salmonella infectious aortitis in a patient with POEMS (peripheral neuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M-protein and skin changes) syndrome, possibly indicating that vasculopathy associated with POEMS syndrome may increase the risk of Salmonella endovascular infection.
Lee
Jooyun
J
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA. jooyun.lee@mssm.edu
Huprikar
Shirish
S
Jenkins
Stephen G
SG
D000368:Aged; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D001025:Aortitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016878:POEMS Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000150:complications*; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000382:microbiology*